Parliament Question: Schools with low or zero enrollment

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO – 507 ANSWERED ON 04/02/2026 Schools with low or zero enrollment 507 # Shri Neeraj Dangi: Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state: (a) the State-wise details of the number of schools with low or zero enrollment in the country; (b) the details of the deployment of teachers in the said schools; (c) the status of the per student-teacher ratio maintained by the Ministry to ensure better student-teacher ratio; and (d) the efforts being made by Government to improve the situation of low or zero enrollment in schools? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY) (a) to (c): As per UDISE+, State/UT wise number of schools with zero student enrolment along with the number of teachers in these schools and Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) for the year 2024-25 is available at https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl_ques. (d): Education being a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, an overwhelming majority of the schools in the country comes under the administrative control of States/UTs. Central Government assist States and UTs through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha and hot cooked meal provided from Balvatika to class 8 under Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Yojna. Financial assistance/grant is also provided to the States and UTs for various activities to reduce dropout and increase enrolment in Government schools, which include strengthening of new schools up to Senior Secondary level, strengthening school infrastructure, setting up and up gradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) upto class 12, setting up of residential schools/hostels named Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas, hostels under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) and Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA), transport allowance, undertaking enrolment drives, seasonal hostels/residential camps, provision of vocational education and ICT facilities in schools, providing free text books and free uniform, transport/escort facility, etc, financial assistance/grant is also provided for aids and appliances for children with special needs. ******